REPUBLIC vs. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SPORTS, THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BOARD AND THE GETFUND BOARD EX-PARTE: GHANA BOOK PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION [2006]DLHC7866

REPUBLIC vs. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SPORTS, THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BOARD AND... [2006]DLHC7866

Date	2006-10-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AP 6/2006
Citation No.	[2006]DLHC7866

HIS LORDSHIP E. K. AYEBI J.

APPLICANT REPRESENTED BY ELLIOT AGYARE 1ST RESPONDENT – ABSENT

2ND RESPONDENT REPRESENTED BY ADWOA SARFO 3RD RESPONDENT – ABSENT

JACOB ACQUAH SAMPSON WITH ANDREW MERCER FOR APPLICANT –

DOROTHY AFRIYIE ANSAH WITH HELLEN ZIWU FOR 1ST RESPONDENT

NENE AMEGATCHER WITH EDMUND FOLEY AND ESINI OKUDZETO FOR 2ND RESPONDENT

TANKO AMADU FOR 3RD RESPONDENT

[2006]DLHC7866
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SPORTS, THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BOARD AND THE
GETFUND BOARD<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE:&nbsp;
GHANA BOOK PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT (FAST TRACK), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO. AP 6/2006&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 18TH
OCTOBER, 2006<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>APPLICANT
REPRESENTED BY ELLIOT AGYARE <o:p></o:p>1ST
RESPONDENT – ABSENT<o:p></o:p>2ND
RESPONDENT REPRESENTED BY ADWOA SARFO <o:p></o:p>3RD
RESPONDENT – ABSENT<o:p></o:p>JACOB
ACQUAH SAMPSON WITH ANDREW MERCER FOR APPLICANT –<o:p></o:p>DOROTHY
AFRIYIE ANSAH WITH HELLEN ZIWU FOR 1ST RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>NENE
AMEGATCHER WITH EDMUND FOLEY AND ESINI OKUDZETO FOR 2ND RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP E. K. AYEBI J.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>In order 55 r.1 of C.I.47, it is provided that an
application for<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order in nature of mandamus, prohibition, certiorari or quo warranto; or <o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp; An injunction restraining a person from acting in
any public office in which the person is not entitled to act; or<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any
other injunction shall be made by way of an application for judicial review to
the High Court.&nbsp; In r.2(1) of Order 55,
the orders the Court can make on the hearing of an application for Judicial
review are an order for prohibition, certiorari or mandamus, an order
restraining a person from acting in any public office in which that person is
not entitled to act, any other injunction, a declaration and payment of
damages.<o:p></o:p>And before making any of the above order(s) the
matters or factors the Court must take into consideration are provided in
r.2(2) of the very Order 55.&nbsp; So in this
suit, the plaintiff/appellant seeks the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the decision of the Ministry of the Education and Sports
(MOES) the 1st Respondent herein, to engage in single source
procurement under s.40 of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) for the
procurement of Supplementary Readers, Textbooks and Dictionaries for
Basic/Senior Secondary Schools and Teacher Training Colleges throughout Ghana
with a total tender value of US$27,999,999.00 from Macmillan Education Limited
(MEL) is factually and legally unwarranted and violated the provisions of the
Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663).<o:p></o:p>